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Richard Evans

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Richard Evans (born 16th October 1990) is a British education entrepreneur. Evans won The Department for Education’s Open Data Competition in 2018, NatWest’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017[1] and Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur in 2019[2][3]. He is co-founder of the tutoring companies The Profs and Spires as well as the online whiteboard Bitpaper[4]. He is known as a thought leader in the tutoring industry[5] and on education in England [6][7]

Education

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Evans attended Westminster School, a public school located in Westminster, London. He then attended London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he achieved a first-class honours degree in Economics and Philosophy.[citation needed]

Career

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The Profs
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In 2014, Evans founded The Profs, a tuition company specialising in university-level tutoring, alongside a group of experienced university tutors including his brother, Dr Leo Evans, a lecturer at Imperial College London and former Vice President at J.P. Morgan[8]. A year after co-founding The Profs, Richard also co-founded EdTech start-up, Bitpaper, an online whiteboard used by hundreds of thousands of teachers, tutors and students worldwide[9]. Later, he also co-founded another EdTech startup, Spires an innovative online tutoring platform[4]. In 2017 The Profs was recognised as Best Private Tutoring Company at the Education Investor Awards[10][11], in 2018 The Telegraph’s Most Innovative SME Exporter[citation needed] and in 2022 Best Customer Service at The Tutors’ Association’s National Tutoring Awards[12]. In 2020, The Profs acquired London-based tutoring company Tavistock Tutors in a share purchase[13].

Department for Education Open Data Competition App Winner
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In December 2018, The Profs was one of two winners of The Department for Education’s Open Data Competition[14]. Two contracts worth £150,000 were awarded to create a new app that would offer students a ‘personalised careers assistant’.[14] Richard led the team to create TheWayUp - offering prospective students the chance to simulate a range of different graduate career paths through an innovative game[14]. The contract was awarded through Innovate UK’s Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) for companies to develop digital tools that allow prospective students to access and compare earnings and employment outcomes from different degrees[14]. In March 2019, TheWayUp was launched in a public beta[14].

The Tutors’ Association
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In 2017, Richard Evans was elected the the board of The Tutors’ Association (TTA) as Non-Executive Director[citation needed], and later in 2020 as Honorary Treasurer[citation needed]. The Tutors' Association is the only professional membership body for tutoring and the wider supplementary education sector in the UK[citation needed]. During his tenure on the board, Evans led on reforms to modernise the association and events focusing on the rise of online tutoring.[citation needed]

During the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic, Richard arranged free online training programmes that retrained 600 tutors within weeks of the first UK lockdown[citation needed].

Although supportive of the initiative, Evans was critical of the management of The National Tutoring Program in FE News ; in June 2020 he publicly criticised the programme for not requiring experienced tutors, instead allowing inexperienced university students to become the majority of tutors - raising “...concerns that…the National Tutoring Programme funding may go to the cheapest, not the most effective...in the tutoring world” [15] In March 2022, Evans again publicly criticised the scheme for removing its targets relating to disadvantaged students, saying “...removing the focus on the most disadvantaged pupils, the National Tutoring Programme loses sight of its core purpose of helping those most in need.”[15]

Tutoring industry advocacy and media
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Richard Evans has often been interviewed as a Thought Leader for articles relating to education or the tutoring industry, in The Telegraph,[6] The Times.[7][5] The Sun,[16][17] and Metro,[18] newspapers. Richard is an advocate of the HeForShe gender equality campaign.[19] Through his company The Profs and his work with The Tutors' Association, Evans has worked to professionalised the tutoring sector - in 2018, he launched the ‘Not In Our Name’ campaign to lobby the government to make essay mills and other unethical practices illegal[20]. Essay mills were criminalised in the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill in 2021[21].

Awards

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Richard Evans has won several awards:

  • Forbes 30 Under 30 (2019) in the Social Entrepreneur Category[2]
  • Great British Young Entrepreneur of The Year (2017) at the Natwest Great British Entrepreneur Awards (GBEA)[22]
  • Young Entrepreneur to Watch (2016) by www.startups.co.uk[2]




Leonard Evans

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Dr Leonard Evans (born 8th May 1985) is a British EdTech entrepreneur. He is co-founder of the tutoring companies The Profs and Spires as well as the online whiteboard Bitpaper.[23] He is known as thought leader in the tutoring and EdTech industries[23] [24][25][26][27]. Evans won The Department for Education’s Open Data Competition in 2018, NatWest’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017[23] and Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur in 2019.[28]

Education

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Evans is an alumnus of Imperial College London, where he achieved a BSc in Physics (2003)[citation needed]. In 2006 he obtained a fully funded scholarship to complete a MSc and PhD at Imperial college business school[citation needed]. He then went on to complete a Master’s in Finance (2007) and a PhD in Financial Economics (2011) at Imperial College Business School[citation needed]. In 2010 he presented the title paper of his PhD thesis at the American Finance Association in Denver[citation needed], as was a winner of the prestigious [[AFA Doctoral Grant|AFA Doctoral Grant[citation needed]]].

He attended Bryanston School between 1998-2003 on a full academic scholarship, a co-educational boarding school located in Dorset, South West England. Bryanston is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group.

Career

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Early career

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Evans became Vice President at J.P. Morgan, working in the global markets strategy team, within the bond trading division[citation needed]. During his time at J.P. Morgan, Evans co-wrote several notable publications, such as the J.P. Morgan View, Flows & Liquidity,[citation needed] and Global Markets Outlook and Strategy,[citation needed] and was quoted in the Financial Times[29].

Evans returned to Imperial College London as a visiting lecturer in 2012 where he designed and lectured Master’s students[citation needed]. He taught and lectured in Credit and equity derivatives, Financial Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Computational Finance, Econometrics, Macro Economics, and Statistics.[citation needed]

EdTech Entreprenuer

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Evans has helped to modernise the tutoring sector by developing technology that facilitates online learning and tuition.

The Profs
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In 2014, Leo Evans co-founded The Profs, a tuition company specialising in university-level tutoring, alongside a group of experienced university tutors including his brother, Richard Evans.[30] In 2017 The Profs was recognised as Best Private Tutoring Company at the Education Investor Awards[10][11], in 2018 The Telegraph’s Most Innovative SME Exporter[citation needed] and in 2022 Best Customer Service at The Tutors’ Association’s National Tutoring Awards[12]. In 2020, The Profs acquired London-based tutoring company Tavistock Tutors in a share purchase[13]. In December 2018, The Profs was one of two winners of The Department for Education’s Open Data Competition[14].

Bitpaper
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In 2015, Evans saw an opportunity to innovate the technology used in the education sector and founded Bitpaper[30], a collaborative online whiteboard now used by hundreds of thousands of teachers, tutors and students worldwide.[23].

Spires
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After the initial success of both The Profs and Bitpaper, Evans combined technology with tuition to create online tutoring platform Spires[23]. Tens of thousands of students around the world now use Spires to work with thousands of teachers and tutors, and the company has a presence in over 80 countries. [citation needed]

EdTech & Education Awards

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Through his work, Evans’s companies have won many awards including:

  • Best Customer Service at the National Tutoring Awards (2022) [12]
  • The Telegraph’s Most Innovative SME Exporter (2018) [citation needed]
  • An Innovation grant from the Department of Education, presented by then minister of University Sam Gymiah [31]
  • Best Private Tutoring Company at the Education Investor Awards (2017) [32]
  • Made the The UK's Top 100 Startups list (2017) [33]
  • Runner-up in the Guardian Start-up of the year (2016) [citation needed]
  • FSB WorldPay's Highly Commended Start-Up of Year (2016) [citation needed]
  1. ^ "2017 Winners". The Great British Entrepreneur Awards & Community. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  2. ^ a b c "The Profs". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  3. ^ Linning, Stephanie (2019-02-12). "Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe List is revealed". Mail Online. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  4. ^ a b Caines, Matthew (2018-03-05). "The Profs on melding technology with tutors". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  5. ^ a b Editor, Sian Griffiths, Education. "How to find a good tutor in the UK". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-11-10. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b Pozniak, Helena (2021-08-27). "5 things every student must know before starting university this year". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  7. ^ a b executive, Clare Marchant, Ucas chief. "A-level results day 2022: a full guide to clearing". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-11-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Caines, Matthew (2018-03-05). "The Profs on melding technology with tutors". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  9. ^ Caines, Matthew (2018-03-05). "The Profs on melding technology with tutors". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  10. ^ a b Williams, Henry (2017-12-18). "The Profs wins Best Tutoring Company at EducationInvestor Awards". Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  11. ^ a b "The Education Resources Awards 2017 winners celebrate their success". BESA. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  12. ^ a b c Association, The Tutors'. "Winners of the National Tutoring Awards 2022". The Tutors' Association. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  13. ^ a b Ballard, Oli (2020-04-09). "Meet the duo who created London's leading tutoring network - Business Leader News". Business Leader. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  14. ^ a b c d e f "Winners announced for new student apps". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  15. ^ a b Tuition, The Profs (2022-03-11). "National Tutoring Programme removes target to focus on disadvantaged students". FE News. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  16. ^ "I'm an education expert - how to help your child if they excel in school". The Sun. 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  17. ^ "I'm a teacher - easy ways to help kids with reading, writing & maths during holidays". The Sun. 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  18. ^ Scott, Ellen (2022-03-11). "Seven expert tips to improve your time management skills". Metro. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  19. ^ O'Connor, Ellie (2021-11-10). "HeForShe: Richard Evans | Founder, The Profs". WeAreTheCity. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  20. ^ Association, The Tutors'. "'Not in our name.' Tutors, not cheats". The Tutors' Association. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  21. ^ "Essay mills: 'Contract cheating' to be made illegal in England". BBC News. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  22. ^ "2017 Alumni". The Great British Entrepreneur Awards & Community. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  23. ^ a b c d e Caines, Matthew (2018-03-05). "The Profs on melding technology with tutors". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  24. ^ "UK school closures prompt boom in private tuition". the Guardian. 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  25. ^ Editor, Anna Davis Education (2018-10-16). "Third of students who get right grades for Oxbridge do not apply". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2022-11-10. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  26. ^ "'An education arms race': inside the ultra-competitive world of private tutoring". the Guardian. 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  27. ^ Tuition, The Profs (2020-10-21). "Learning doesn't stop at the school gates - Ambition, determination and grit are rarely taught on a curriculum". FE News. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  28. ^ Linning, Stephanie (2019-02-12). "Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe List is revealed". Mail Online. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  29. ^ "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  30. ^ a b Caines, Matthew (2018-03-05). "The Profs on melding technology with tutors". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  31. ^ "Winners announced for new student apps". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  32. ^ Williams, Henry (2017-12-18). "The Profs wins Best Tutoring Company at EducationInvestor Awards". Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  33. ^ "Richard Evans: Award-winning Tuition Company That Has Been Providing Top-quality Tutoring to Students Across the World". BestStartup.co.uk. 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
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